diff --git a/drivers/edac/amd64_edac.c b/drivers/edac/amd64_edac.c
index cdf457925f03..0106d343a681 100644
--- a/drivers/edac/amd64_edac.c
+++ b/drivers/edac/amd64_edac.c
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ static int amd64_search_set_scrub_rate(struct pci_dev *ctl, u32 new_bw,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int amd64_set_scrub_rate(struct mem_ctl_info *mci, u32 *bandwidth)
+static int amd64_set_scrub_rate(struct mem_ctl_info *mci, u32 bandwidth)
 {
 	struct amd64_pvt *pvt = mci->pvt_info;
 	u32 min_scrubrate = 0x0;
@@ -180,8 +180,8 @@ static int amd64_set_scrub_rate(struct mem_ctl_info *mci, u32 *bandwidth)
 		amd64_printk(KERN_ERR, "Unsupported family!\n");
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
-	return amd64_search_set_scrub_rate(pvt->misc_f3_ctl, *bandwidth,
-			min_scrubrate);
+	return amd64_search_set_scrub_rate(pvt->misc_f3_ctl, bandwidth,
+					   min_scrubrate);
 }
 
 static int amd64_get_scrub_rate(struct mem_ctl_info *mci, u32 *bw)
diff --git a/drivers/edac/e752x_edac.c b/drivers/edac/e752x_edac.c
index ae3f80c54198..073f5a06d238 100644
--- a/drivers/edac/e752x_edac.c
+++ b/drivers/edac/e752x_edac.c
@@ -958,7 +958,7 @@ static void e752x_check(struct mem_ctl_info *mci)
 }
 
 /* Program byte/sec bandwidth scrub rate to hardware */
-static int set_sdram_scrub_rate(struct mem_ctl_info *mci, u32 *new_bw)
+static int set_sdram_scrub_rate(struct mem_ctl_info *mci, u32 new_bw)
 {
 	const struct scrubrate *scrubrates;
 	struct e752x_pvt *pvt = (struct e752x_pvt *) mci->pvt_info;
@@ -975,7 +975,7 @@ static int set_sdram_scrub_rate(struct mem_ctl_info *mci, u32 *new_bw)
 	 * desired rate and program the cooresponding register value.
 	 */
 	for (i = 0; scrubrates[i].bandwidth != SDRATE_EOT; i++)
-		if (scrubrates[i].bandwidth >= *new_bw)
+		if (scrubrates[i].bandwidth >= new_bw)
 			break;
 
 	if (scrubrates[i].bandwidth == SDRATE_EOT)
diff --git a/drivers/edac/edac_core.h b/drivers/edac/edac_core.h
index ade4f1d70539..ce7146677e9b 100644
--- a/drivers/edac/edac_core.h
+++ b/drivers/edac/edac_core.h
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ struct mem_ctl_info {
 	   internal representation and configures whatever else needs
 	   to be configured.
 	 */
-	int (*set_sdram_scrub_rate) (struct mem_ctl_info * mci, u32 * bw);
+	int (*set_sdram_scrub_rate) (struct mem_ctl_info * mci, u32 bw);
 
 	/* Get the current sdram memory scrub rate from the internal
 	   representation and converts it to the closest matching
diff --git a/drivers/edac/edac_mc_sysfs.c b/drivers/edac/edac_mc_sysfs.c
index c200c2fd43ea..8aad94d10c0c 100644
--- a/drivers/edac/edac_mc_sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/edac/edac_mc_sysfs.c
@@ -124,19 +124,6 @@ static const char *edac_caps[] = {
 	[EDAC_S16ECD16ED] = "S16ECD16ED"
 };
 
-
-
-static ssize_t memctrl_int_store(void *ptr, const char *buffer, size_t count)
-{
-	int *value = (int *)ptr;
-
-	if (isdigit(*buffer))
-		*value = simple_strtoul(buffer, NULL, 0);
-
-	return count;
-}
-
-
 /* EDAC sysfs CSROW data structures and methods
  */
 
@@ -450,53 +437,54 @@ static ssize_t mci_reset_counters_store(struct mem_ctl_info *mci,
 
 /* memory scrubbing */
 static ssize_t mci_sdram_scrub_rate_store(struct mem_ctl_info *mci,
-					const char *data, size_t count)
+					  const char *data, size_t count)
 {
-	u32 bandwidth = -1;
+	unsigned long bandwidth = 0;
+	int err;
 
-	if (mci->set_sdram_scrub_rate) {
-
-		memctrl_int_store(&bandwidth, data, count);
-
-		if (!(*mci->set_sdram_scrub_rate) (mci, &bandwidth)) {
-			edac_printk(KERN_DEBUG, EDAC_MC,
-				"Scrub rate set successfully, applied: %d\n",
-				bandwidth);
-		} else {
-			/* FIXME: error codes maybe? */
-			edac_printk(KERN_DEBUG, EDAC_MC,
-				"Scrub rate set FAILED, could not apply: %d\n",
-				bandwidth);
-		}
-	} else {
-		/* FIXME: produce "not implemented" ERROR for user-side. */
+	if (!mci->set_sdram_scrub_rate) {
 		edac_printk(KERN_WARNING, EDAC_MC,
-			"Memory scrubbing 'set'control is not implemented!\n");
+			    "Memory scrub rate setting not implemented!\n");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	if (strict_strtoul(data, 10, &bandwidth) < 0)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	err = mci->set_sdram_scrub_rate(mci, (u32)bandwidth);
+	if (err) {
+		edac_printk(KERN_DEBUG, EDAC_MC,
+			    "Failed setting scrub rate to %lu\n", bandwidth);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+	else {
+		edac_printk(KERN_DEBUG, EDAC_MC,
+			    "Scrub rate set to: %lu\n", bandwidth);
+		return count;
 	}
-	return count;
 }
 
 static ssize_t mci_sdram_scrub_rate_show(struct mem_ctl_info *mci, char *data)
 {
-	u32 bandwidth = -1;
+	u32 bandwidth = 0;
+	int err;
 
-	if (mci->get_sdram_scrub_rate) {
-		if (!(*mci->get_sdram_scrub_rate) (mci, &bandwidth)) {
-			edac_printk(KERN_DEBUG, EDAC_MC,
-				"Scrub rate successfully, fetched: %d\n",
-				bandwidth);
-		} else {
-			/* FIXME: error codes maybe? */
-			edac_printk(KERN_DEBUG, EDAC_MC,
-				"Scrub rate fetch FAILED, got: %d\n",
-				bandwidth);
-		}
-	} else {
-		/* FIXME: produce "not implemented" ERROR for user-side.  */
+	if (!mci->get_sdram_scrub_rate) {
 		edac_printk(KERN_WARNING, EDAC_MC,
-			"Memory scrubbing 'get' control is not implemented\n");
+			    "Memory scrub rate reading not implemented\n");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	err = mci->get_sdram_scrub_rate(mci, &bandwidth);
+	if (err) {
+		edac_printk(KERN_DEBUG, EDAC_MC, "Error reading scrub rate\n");
+		return err;
+	}
+	else {
+		edac_printk(KERN_DEBUG, EDAC_MC,
+			    "Read scrub rate: %d\n", bandwidth);
+		return sprintf(data, "%d\n", bandwidth);
 	}
-	return sprintf(data, "%d\n", bandwidth);
 }
 
 /* default attribute files for the MCI object */
diff --git a/drivers/edac/i5100_edac.c b/drivers/edac/i5100_edac.c
index ee9753cf362c..f459a6c0886b 100644
--- a/drivers/edac/i5100_edac.c
+++ b/drivers/edac/i5100_edac.c
@@ -589,14 +589,13 @@ static void i5100_refresh_scrubbing(struct work_struct *work)
 /*
  * The bandwidth is based on experimentation, feel free to refine it.
  */
-static int i5100_set_scrub_rate(struct mem_ctl_info *mci,
-				       u32 *bandwidth)
+static int i5100_set_scrub_rate(struct mem_ctl_info *mci, u32 bandwidth)
 {
 	struct i5100_priv *priv = mci->pvt_info;
 	u32 dw;
 
 	pci_read_config_dword(priv->mc, I5100_MC, &dw);
-	if (*bandwidth) {
+	if (bandwidth) {
 		priv->scrub_enable = 1;
 		dw |= I5100_MC_SCRBEN_MASK;
 		schedule_delayed_work(&(priv->i5100_scrubbing),
@@ -610,7 +609,7 @@ static int i5100_set_scrub_rate(struct mem_ctl_info *mci,
 
 	pci_read_config_dword(priv->mc, I5100_MC, &dw);
 
-	*bandwidth = 5900000 * i5100_mc_scrben(dw);
+	bandwidth = 5900000 * i5100_mc_scrben(dw);
 
 	return 0;
 }